Witchfinder General

1968 · 87 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 12,927 VOTES · DIR. Michael Reeves

Witchfinder General poster

Overview

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Dialogue Timeline — 785 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:35 "...things I heard, as it were, the voice of much people in heaven, saying
00:05:15 torturing and killing in a supposed drive to eliminate witchcraft from the country
00:09:05 We'd better move on out of this wood, then.
00:12:07 After your experience
00:14:16 There have been threats to us since you were last here.
00:17:10 - Oh, you call it work? - It's the Lord's work, a noble thing...
00:20:19 - A papist. - Yeah, burning candles and all.
00:23:42 I am Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder.
00:25:48 Well, a couple of days with one of them, the other one...
00:28:44 - No. - What?
00:34:06 Carry on your work while you're away, aye, sir?
00:39:47 You can't hang me. The law forbids it! I'm with child.
00:43:34 Two women and a priest.
00:48:10 - You'll be safer there. - I will, Richard.
00:55:21 He found out about Brandeston. We're going to have to separate.
00:57:42 - I'll find them somewhere. - But what can you do?
01:00:08 - Matthew Hopkins is no friend of mine. - Hopkins?
01:04:25 and you, Master Webb, you shall aid me in carrying it out.
01:06:49 Shall we rest up for the night, Richard?
01:08:22 You let me have that four-legged cripple now!
01:13:44 - Witchfinder! - Greetings, Stearne.
01:15:17 I owe that jumped-up plowboy a seeing-to.
01:18:08 And what were these familiars to which you refer?
01:22:23 You're here to help the Witchfinder?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed785
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:22:23

Production Record

DirectorMichael Reeves
LanguageEnglish
Budget$83,000
Revenue$1,500,000
IMDb votes12,927